The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c17.s1.61

v1.c17.s1.61

(4) *Sonpur grant (ii).*—This was found in the Sonpur State. The inscription contains 53 lines, and, as usual, is incised on three plates, strung together by a sealed ring; the figure on the seal is not clear. This grant, like No. (3), is also issued from Vinītapura, and contains the same titles for the donor and his father. It records a grant of the village of Nibiṇḍā (*l.* 5) or Nibinnā (*l.* 17) in the Ganuṭapāta-*Maṇḍala* in Kosala-deśa to the *Dīkṣita* Puṇḍarīka Śarman, who was a resident of the village Marañjeṇḍā in the Kosala country and an immigrant from Bhaṭaparoli. The writer of the grant was *Mahākṣapaṭalaka* Ucchava Nāga, son of Allava Nāga, who was known to the *Mahāsandhivigrahika Rāṇaka* Cārudatta. The engraver was *Ṭhakura* Panāka. It is dated in lines 44-47 in the 15th year of Yayāti.¹